7/23 Middle East Live Thread

Middle East Live Thread ^ | 7/23/06 | me

[Conservababe]

I had to laugh when Shep was talking of the Israeli soldiers telling him that Hezbolla was a strong enemy and better than they expected. I think poor old Shep is a victim of the Tom Landry psyop tactic.

Yall remember, don't you when old Tom Landry was in the Super Bowls. Why, he and his team were just honored to be on the same field with such a mighty opponent.

[casino66]

But but but, destroying the Hez is the objective. Diplomatic solutions have NEVER worked. Do you really think that allowing the Hezzies to keep their munitions that they won't be using them again down the road--and not too far down the road?

[Mr Cobol]

Yoni has the best info and I just wish he hadn't done the watermelon story.

[sageb1]

"I have this recurring nightmare in which Wes Clark..."

I call him Waxley. His expression never changes and he looks like he belongs in a wax museum. He gives me the creeps. Speaking of nightmares, a horrified and frantic Shep Smith ran into my bedroom last night. He was screaming something and it woke me up. I sat straight up in bed. I'm going to have to start turning FOX off when he comes on. Too much Shep on the brain. Ugh.

[Txsleuth]

You are not being "called out" by me! LOL

I was just curious about what the watermelon story was..

Did yoni say this is something HE saw...or a story someone else told him??

[Pepper777]

Wow.. another thread.. I plan on checking them all out - especially after reading the earlier post concerning 220,000 Turk troops on the border of Iraq. That's a huge event, imo.

[casino66]

Glad I missed it.

[Txsleuth]

I thought the "lesson learned" after WW11, was "never again" or something like that.

It seems there are people worldwide that are letting it happen again..and not just to Jews this time, and not by just a couple of countries.

[conservativepoet]

I'm hoping that once Israel takes on Hezbollah's "capital" then the momentum might drastically change. I've heard there are several thousand military pieces there waiting to be taken out.

[bnelson44]

IAF destroys Katyusha launcher that fired on Haifa

A 14-barrel Katyusha rocket launcher pointed at Haifa was destroyed before dawn on Monday in IAF air strikes north of Tyre. Eight other Katyusha rocket launchers were destroyed in additional strikes, some of which were used to fire rockets at Haifa on Sunday, killing two people.

A high-ranking IAF officer said early Monday that the air force felt that it was picking up on the Hizbullah's method of hiding Katyusha launchers, and that a quick combination of real-time intelligence and attacks by aircraft allowed for such success.

The officer said that alongside attacks on Katyusha rocket launchers, the IAF was investing a great deal in trying to hit Hizbullah leaders.


http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153291980546&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

[redgolum]

So Turkey is getting antsy to. That will really mess things up, and may bring Russia in to the mix if they sense an opportunity.

[AliVeritas]

Check fmail.

[casino66]

The only I would read into that was at the end (AP). They have a 'tendency' to get their headlines from out of thin air.

[casino66]

The only thing..........

[Mr Cobol]

He began the story that it was a Dan Rather type reporter from Israli TV that reported it but Hugh asked if that was a true story(like only Hugh can do) and Yoni confirmed it was a true story.

Lots of credibility down the drain with me.

I just want to say that in times like this, there are a lot of urban myths born and this is one. IMHO.

[AliVeritas]

Check it out, you may want to post.
http://sayanythingblog.com/index.php

[Fitzcarraldo]

ARMY OF LEBANON!

SARACENS OF SYRIA!

--- BRING IT ON! ---

[Fitzcarraldo]

06:17 En route to Mideast, Rice indicates openness to work with Syria to resolve crisis (AP)

06:05 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger attends pro-Israel rally in California (Israel Radio)